LBJ and the 1950s Senate


Lyndon Johnson, his wife, Lady Bird, and their two daughters

While Eisenhower remained the dominant figure in the nation's foreign policy, his authority was challenged in domestic affairs by the majority leader of the Senate, Lyndon Johnson. The Texas senator transformed the position, whose last two Democratic occupants had failed to win re-election, and in the process became the most powerful senator in American history.

 

READING:

H-Law review of Caro

LBJ transcripts: Johnson and Congress